Two versions of Sarah Palin’s fall from semi-grace

Some people have already been beamed aboard. The rest of us have been left behind. And no amount of stupidity from the sanity-and-truth-challenged Alaskan governor is going to change the minds of anyone on either side.

In fact, those were two of the reasons she mentioned in her weirdo resignation speech July 3, i.e. the media glare wasn’t worth it and she had huge legal bills. The implication of those comments is that the attention was too much, i.e. stressful, and that she had to make money to pay bills. Makes sense, right?

Of course he’s seeking publicity. Why even bother responding? He’s a doofus who’s only claim to fame is that he had sex with a teenage girl and got her pregnant. Why would Palin dignify anything that dumbass spews by responding?

Plus, he’s probably right, and his comments weren’t critical of Palin. They actually fleshed out her nonsensical speech. Again — why respond?

Into the mouth of narcissismThere may be an answer. Two writers wade into the icy, cold waters of Palin’s bizarre world more deeply.

On Politics Daily, blogger Carl M. Cannon blames the usual suspects of the neo-con fantasy world: the messenger, i.e. the liberal media. In Cannon’s view, the media was Palin’s undoing because it was out to get out here and because the media is dying and it has to sensationalize stuff. It’s a very long piece that’s worthy of appearing as a comment in the High Rant District, i.e. very defensive.

Another perspective comes from the New York Times, in which five veteran reporters actually interviewed people who witnessed Palin’s personal self-destruction. The conclusion from that story — Palin was unable to focus on the Big Picture and was prone to get distracted by the tabloid stories that now made up her daily existence.

Take, for example, the last 96 hours, Johnston’s comments, and her need to react in a nonsensical way. It was a pointless comment from a pointless person that essentially jibed with Palin’s own reasons for resignation, but she felt the need to respond.

The Times story says Palin didn’t take good advice and was as flakey as portrayed by the press Cannon criticizes. While her popularity among a handful of the Republican’s hardliners was still big, her popularity was waning in Alaska. Even her own party had turned on her.

Ethics complaints also dogged Palin and made her life miserable, according to both stories.

Palin say these ethics complaints are vindictive and frivolous. Her apologists always agree. Odds are that Palin and her posse are 100 percent right.

Frivolous complaints and small disasters, however, are part of politics.

Remember Billy Carter, a Southern yahoo who drank beer? Remember Nixon’s dog Checkers? Those were idiotic side dramas elevated to the level of national security issues by opponents and the media.

Better yet, does anyone remember the tinfoil allegations that President Barack Obama was a Muslim terrorist who was born in Kenya? Or Palin’s own campaign trail assertion that Obama palled around terrorists? Or even the Fox News inference that the “dap” he shared with wife Michelle was a “terrorist fist pump?”

All of that stuff was crap. Obama knew it and pretended it didn’t exist. Sure, a few loons fell for it, but most of America knew it was crap and ignored it.

A candidate is either tough enough to ignore the frivolous crap or they quit.

LOL. Could you possibly get more partisan, Bragg? This article is one of the more pitiful excuses for journalism I’ve seen in the E-N lately. One-sided; poorly researched; opinion, not fact; typos, etc. Palin certainly has her faults…but Obama is clean? Are you kidding me? LOL. You are either a dope or so hopelessly partisan that your opinion is worthless in a serious discussion. Nice work.

Here..here…Levi Johnson’s biggest credibility issue in my opinion, is that he knocked up a rather unattractive girl. I was a teen once and I was at least choosy about the girls I chased. My Levi took too many board checks and slapshots to the head…who knows?

But you do have her defenders who are about as rabid as Rush Limbo ditto-heads. They think she can do no wrong because she’s “talking their language” which of course is the job of a politician and huckster. Communicate with the masses in a manner in which they are comfortable and then let them have it.